The urban challenge in Africa: Growth and management of
its large cities
Edited by Carole Rakodi -
United Nations University Press - TOKYO
- NEW YORK - PARIS - © The United Nations University, 1997
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Edited by Carole Rakodi
United Nations University Press TOKYO
- NEW YORK - PARIS
© The United Nations University,
1997
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The urban challenge in Africa: growth and
management of its large cities/edited by Carole Rakodi. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and
index.
ISBN 9280809520 (pbk.)
1. Cities and towns - Africa - Growth. 2.
Urbanization - Africa. 3. Urban policy - Africa. I. Rakodi,
Carole.
HT384.A35U728 1997 307.76'4'096 -
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97-4603 CIP
Contents
Note to the reader from the UNU
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1 Introduction
Part I Globalization and Africa: The challenge of urban
growth
2 Global forces, urban change, and urban management in
Africa 3 Urbanization, globalization, and economic crisis in
Africa
Part II The "mega-cities" of
Africa
4 The challenge of urban growth in
Cairo 5 Johannesburg: A city and metropolitan area in
transformation 6 The challenges of growth and development in metropolitan
Lagos 7 Kinshasa: A reprieved mega-city? 8 Abidjan: From the public making of a modern city to urban
management of a metropolis 9 Nairobi: National capital and regional
hub
Part III The dynamics of city development
10 Globalization or informalization? African urban economies in
the 1990s 11 Residential property markets in African
cities 12 The state and civil society: Politics, government, and
social organization in African cities 13 Urban lives: Adopting new strategies and adapting rural
links
Part IV Rising to the challenge
14 Towards appropriate urban development policy in emerging
mega-cities in Africa 15 Urban management: The recent
experience
16 Conclusion
Contributors
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